Blankenbecler’s Biology

Remember our field trip tomorrow.

Bring a sack lunch

Check in with your homeroom teacher upom arrival

We will return around 6 pm

Homework: Cummulative Exam this Friday We recieved a study guide today

Warm-up: List three items you know about earthworms

Classwork: Today we had an earthworm dissection lab

Homework: Vocabulary chart over animals is due tomorrow

Social Studies

News, Notes & Reminders:
1. Work on research for country and recipe
2. Start gathering items for your “booth in a bag”
3. Share the Cultural Fair parent letter with mom and dad:)

Wednesday & Thursday- Students worked diligently on their Cultural Fair display boards, recipes, and food cards.
*Please bring your own tape and glue…we are running out!

Warm-up: List three examples of invertebrates

Classwork: Today we finished our adaptive birds. We will present these tomorrow.

Homework: Here are some upcoming events. Please take note.

Wednesday: Frog quiz over the first 16 frog parts

Friday: Turn in your animal vocabulary worksheet

Social Studies

Students will be in the media center the entire week in an effort to get ready for next Friday’s big debut: our *Asian Cultural Fair, Friday, May 18th*.  Students will be working on their presentation boards to be displayed on May 18th as well as their visual presentation for Monday-Tuesday, May 21 & 22.

Friendly reminder: All presentation display boards are due Monday, May 14th!

Monday- Monday’s mini lesson was rather intense. After discussing the Partner Contract, we focused on large aspects of the overall Cultural Fair on May 18th. Here is a list of items that we discussed:

1. Each country will have a “cultural booth”. The cultural booth will consist of a large rectangular table along with your display board and decorations.  As you plan “the look” of your cultural booth…think about making a *cultural explosion* for your guests. Your job is to educate, entertain, and *WOW* our guests.

2. We discussed appropriate dress for the Cultural Fair. Students may choose to dress in his/her native costume OR in business attire. No shorts or jeans, please. Shirts/blouses should be tucked in pants/skirts. Make sure you look E-X-T-R-A polished and professional for our BIG day!

3.  The visual presentations  will take place in the classroom on Monday/Tuesday, May 21 & 22. Students will have limited time to visit the countries during the fair, so each country will design a visual presentation (PowerPoint, prezi, museumbox, etc.) to deliver to the class on May 21-22.  All components of the visual presentation are included on the Cultural Fair checklist and graphic organizer.

Field-Trip-Forms-Combined-2012-10teet8

Warm-up: What do all animals have in common?

Classwork: Today we worked on our interactive notebook

Homework Remember your supplies for our bird project on Thursday and finish coloring the frog

Remember the Aquarium permission slip is due this Friday

Social Studies

Homework Read from 60-80 in Into Thhin Air and summarize by Friday

Test next Monday We recieved a study guide today

Warm up: What is an arthropod?

Homework: Today we recieved our study guide for Monday’s evolution Test. Tomorrow is Stars and Strikes and Friday we will have our Science CRCT Survivor Challenge celebration.

Check here for the study guide  EVOLUTION%20TEST%20-%20Study%20Guide%20(2)[1] 

Remember our fieldtrip to the Tennessee Aquarium:

Check here for forms  Field-Trip-Forms-Combined-2012-10teet8

CRCT Testing all week. Good news No Homework all week. Rest, Relax, go to bed early, and eat a good breakfast

Remember our Tennessee Aquarium Field trip May 16

Click Here to Dowmload the forms for the field trip   Field-Trip-Forms-Combined-2012-10teet8

Warm-up: What is a prokaryotic cell?

Classwork: Today was a fossil lab

Homework: None

Social Studies

Finish the vietnam question What started, who involved in the war

Warm-up: Which kingdom has decomposers?

Classwork: Today we started our Biome stamps

Homework: Finish your homologuous lab. Complete all of the questions.

Social Studies

Complete one small test for each domain on US test prep

China Test Friday we recieved our study guide today

Warm-up: Which kingdom contains prokaryotes?

Classwork: Today westarted a homologous structures activity

Homework  None  For notebook information see the notebook  Evolution tab above

Social Studies

Complete one small test for each domain on US test prep

China Test Friday we recieved our study guide today

Warm-up: List the major kingdoms.

Classwork: Today we worked on our CRCT interactive notebook

Homework: Finish the notebook The siz kingdoms are Deciduous Forest, Conifereous Forest, Rainforest, Grassland, Desert, Tundra

Social Studies

Homework One small test for each domain. All four will be due on Friday